Insights

A viral tracer study in an outpatient urgent-care clinic found that contamination introduced on just two high-touch surfaces spread to 73% of sampled surfaces and hands within two hours. The findings offer facility managers a practical lesson: effective healthcare cleaning should focus on interconnected touchpoints, clear ownership, and risk-based cleaning strategies.

As more clinical care moves into outpatient environments, traditional office-cleaning models can fall short. Environmental services must increasingly be designed around clinical activity, risk and the realities of ambulatory operations.

Production environments do not always provide enough time to clean everything equally. A risk-based operating model helps sanitation teams direct limited capacity toward the work with the greatest operational and food-safety consequence.

Getty Team has earned certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise through WBENC, expanding opportunities to support organizations committed to supplier diversity and qualified facility-service partners.

Clean, sanitized and disinfected describe different outcomes—not interchangeable levels of the same process. Understanding those distinctions helps facility leaders establish clearer standards and make better risk-based decisions.

One of the most persistent structural gaps in this ecosystem is the lack of real-time visibility into janitorial operations. Despite its critical importance to health, safety, and customer perception, custodial work remains one of the least transparent functions in facility management. This article outlines how leading organizations are addressing this gap and identifies the key mechanisms required to create real-time clarity, accountability, and performance improvement in janitorial services.

Electrostatic disinfection can provide useful supplemental coverage in the right environments, but technology alone is not a sanitation strategy. Its value depends on where, when and why it is deployed.

An important yet often overlooked aspect of maintaining a professional image is commercial window cleaning. Routine, thorough window cleaning not only enhances a building’s aesthetic appeal but also demonstrates professionalism and attention to detail. From increasing curb appeal to supporting health and energy efficiency, there are numerous benefits to regular commercial window cleaning.

Hiring a professional cleaning company is a smart investment for maintaining the cleanliness of any commercial facility. However, relying solely on a night cleaning crew means the building can become messy throughout the day. That’s where a day porter comes in. A day porter is a janitorial team member dedicated to keeping your facility clean around the clock—so your workspace stays spotless, not just after hours.